A randomized trial of preexercise stretching for prevention of lower- limb injury

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 271-277

  Pope, Rodney Peter ^a   Herbert, Robert Dale ^b   Kirwan, John Dennis ^b   Graham, Bruce James ^b  

^a Kapooka Medical Company   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Injury; Randomized controlled trial; Stretching

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG INJURY; MALE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TRAINING;

EID: 0033969842     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-200002000-00004     Document Type: Article

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